Alternative Lifestyle Tank At San Bernardino County Jail Settlement

Class members in the case contend that the San Bernardino County Jail did not sufficiently protect inmates housed in the Alternative Lifestyle Tank that were gay, bisexual, and/or transgender.

Class members allege that inmates were automatically placed in the Alternative Lifestyle Tank if they identified as GBT, that there was a failure to provide the necessary programs to protect these inmates from the general population, outside cell time was limed to for GBT inmates versus the general population, work opportunities were also denied, and comparable religious services were not made available to GBT inmates.

Dan McKibben, et al. v. John McMahon, et al., is listed as case number 14-2171-JGB-SP and is pending in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Class members who file valid claims will be represented by Barrett S. Litt, David S. McLane, and Lindsay Battles from the law firm of Kaye McLane Bednarski & Litt; and Melissa Goodman, Amanda Goad, Brendan Hamme, Peter Eliasberg, and Aditi Fruitwala from the ACLU Foundation of Southern California.

San Bernardino County Jail will be represented by Nathan A. Oyster from the law firm Burke Williams & Sorensen.

Alternative Lifestyle Tank At San Bernardino County Jail Settlement Website